Image: 100 years of the RAF MOD 45163656

Description: Pictured is an RAF Westland Wapiti IIa of 30 Squadron in flight over the city of Mosul in Iraq, 11 March 1932. The Westland Wapiti was a British two-seat general-purpose military single-engined biplane of the 1920s. It was designed and built by Westland Aircraft Works to replace the Airco DH.9A in Royal Air Force service. First flying in 1927, the Wapiti entered service with the RAF in 1928, and remained in production until 1932, a total of 565 being built. It equipped twenty squadrons of the RAF, both overseas (particularly in India and Iraq) and at home, remaining in RAF service until 1940. Some of these images have had some dodging and burning done and have been retouched to remove detritus and dust and scratch marks only* Organization: RAF Object Name: H-856 Category: MOD Supplemental Categories: Aircraft, Equipment, People, Historic Keywords: Historic Aircraft, RAF, Royal Air Force, Historic, Equipment, Aircraft, B&W, Black and White, J9409, Inter War Years, Biplane, RAF 100 Country: Iraq
Title: 100 years of the RAF MOD 45163656
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Author: Air Historical Branch-RAF
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